Wheel-clamp.



F. A. DE WALT.

WHEEL CLAMP.

APPLICATION nun JAN.29,1913.

1,090,032. Patented Mar. 10, 1914 FAY A. DE WALT, OF NEWTON, KANSAS.

WHEEL-CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914:-

Application filed January 29, 1913. Serial No. 744,949.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FAY A. Dr. WALT, a citizen of the United States,residin at Newton, in the county of Harvey and Skate of Kansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in VVheel-Clamps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to Wheel clamps.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a simple,cheap, but thoroughly effective clamp which is adapted to hold a carwheel to the rail while the box is being jacked to receive a new brassto replace a worn brass.

It may therefore be considered the primary object of my invention toprovide a wheel clamp which shall embody the desirable features ofsimplicity of construction, ease of application and operation, and whichwill perform the functions for which it is designed with accuracy andwith etliciency.

lVith the above recited objects in View, and others which will appear asthe nature of the invention is more fully understood, the improvementresides in the construction and novel combination of parts set forth inthe following specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a view illustrating the clamp in appliedposition upon a rail and car wheel, Fig. 2 is a front elevation of theclamp, the dotted lines illustrating the various angles to which thehooked ends of the combined wheel rim and ail engaging member may assumeand Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the clamp, parts being shown insection.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates anordinary flat car wheel, and 2 the track upon which the wheel travels.

The nun'ieral 3 designates my improved clamp. The clamp embodiessubstantially a U-shaped yoke l which has one of its arms provided witha threaded opening 5, through which passes a screw 6. This screw has itsouter end provided with a turning member in the nature of a hand wheel7, and the inner extremity of said screw is provided with a round orball-head 8 which is received within a rounded cavity or depression 9provided in the connectlng member 10 of a combined wheel rim and railengaging member 11. The ball-head 8 is retained within its pocket 9 inany desired or preferred manner, as for instance, the plate 12 may besecured to the outer face of the portion 10 of the member 11 and engagewith the reduced neck of the ball-head S and to connect with the screw6. The member 11 has both of its ends arranged at an angle to theportion 10, and one of the angular portions 13, being hooked shaped andbeing adapted to engage with the rim of the wheel 2, while the secondangular portion 141, while arranged in a plane parallel with the planeof the hook 13, is preferably of a greater length than the said hook 13,and is adapted to engage beneath the head of the rail 2.

The arm of the member 4L, opposite the arm provided with the threadedopening 5, and which may be designated by the numeral 15, is adapted toengage with the inner face of the wheel 9, to effectively prevent. thelateral movement of the wheel when the same is to be retained upon therail .2 and the box of the wheel is jacked for the reception of a newbrass. It will be noted that both the members 41-. and 11 may be rotatedto assume any desired angle, and thus it will be seen that the members tand 11 may be adjusted with relation to each other and with relation tothe rim of the wheel and to the head of the rail as to permit of thehook being employed upon wheels and rails which vary in size andthicknesses.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A clamp for locking a car wheel to a rail, including a substantiallyU-shaped member, a longitiulinally adjustable member carried by one ofthe arms of the said U-shaped member, a clamp swiveled to the adjustablemember, said clamp having angular ends, one of said ends providing ahook and the second end being of a greater length than the hook, allsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FAY A. DE IVAL".

IVitnesses:

A. E. MonoAN, CAROLINE Broken.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G."

